Ash tray



letented pr. 22, 1924.

entren srnrss MMA BOWERMBL @F NEW YGRK, ift'.y Y. Y

ASCE TME'.

Application filed March l, i922. Serial No. 549,97fi.

To ali wlw-m t may concern:

Be 1 it known that 1;EMMA BOWERMAN, a citizen of the United States, a resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York', have invented a certain new and useful Ash Trayof which the following is a speciiication.

rEhis invention relates to an improved ash tray having a linicg of abestos or other non-combustible material. 'L

The invention has as an object the provision of an ash tray which will be cheap, and which may be'nianufactured Without diculty in large quantities. A further l5 object is to provide such a tray which will be sanitary and non-iniammable, and which may be o ,a light character so that a large number of trays may be distributed to the various rooms of a hotel by a single at- 2@ tendant in a short time. Other objects will appear hereinafter.

While the invention may be illustrated by various embodiments, the following description is intended to set forth a preferred embodiment of the invention, together with the annexed drawings which form part thereof.

ln said drawings,

Figure l is a plan or top view of the Se blank from which the tray is made;

Fig. 2 is a bottom view oi said blank;

Fig. 3 is a section thereof;

Fi 4 is a complete perspective view of the shed tray;

Fig. 5 is a view of a modied form of blank; and

li'ig. 6 is a section thereof.

ln said drawings, considering first Figs. l to d, there is shown a base l. which 'may be made ot aper or other suitable fibrous material prererably light in wei ht, and attached to said base by glue or ot er suitable means there is a bottom portion or disc 2 having embossnients 3 thereon tor the purpose of spacing the tray from the table on which it is to stand. A sheet of asbestos or other non-indammable material l is suitably mounted on the base l b gluing it thereto or fastening it in some ot er suitable way, and thesetwo sheets are then fastened together on their peripheries by a metallic band 5. The completed blank is then bent up in any suitable manner as shown in Fig. 4, the creases occurring in this case along the lines t. There is thus provided an ash tray which is light in weight, noniniani-A mable, inexpensive to manufacture, and which will not Scorch the table on which it is placed by reason of the embossments on the bottom thereof.

The modification shown in Figs. 5 and 6 consists of'a base 7 of paper or similar material having a periphery 8 which is cut out to form portions 9 which are bent or folded over a wire 10 running around the periphery, and these portions 9 are glued down to the base "I, thus retaining the wire 10 therein. An asbestos covering 11 is then mounted upon the base, and when the blank has been completed in this manner it is bent up into any desired form to provide va tray. While two forms of stiffening members at the peripheries of the blanks have been described, it is evident that other forms may be used either continuous or discontinuous, or otherwise altered by somewhat changing their position with respect to the periphery. h @ne of the simple methods of fastening the various parts together is by gluing them," but of course other methods may be employed and fastening means may sometimes be omitted, for example as in Fig. 3 where the angular stiening member 5 serves to clamp the blanks together.

As many apparently widely dierent ernbodiments of this invention may be mad( without departing from the s irit thereof, it is to bsnnderstood that l o not intend to limit myself tothe specific embodiment thereof except as indicated in the appended claims. Y

l claim:

1. An ash tray comprising a body of brous material and an inside lining of lireproot material, the peripheries being bent up and stiened by a stiiiening member located circumferentially near the periph cries.

2. An ash tray comprising a body of fibrous material and an inside lining of ire- No proof material, the peripheries being bent up and sti'ened by a circumferentially disposed metallic band.

3. in ash tray comprising a body of fibrous material and an inside lining ci ire- 105 proof material, the peripheries being bent up and sti'eued up by an annular metallic band running around the periphery.

4. An ash tray comprising a Vbody ot fibrous material and an inside lining of tre- .us

proof material, the bottom portion of the tray having projections to separate the tray from the support upon which it is placed.

5. An ash tray comprising a body of fibrous material and an inside lining of tire- `proof material, the peripheries belng bent up and stifened by a stifening member, and the bottom portion having projections thereon vto space the tray away from a support upon which it is to be placed.

6. An ash tray comprisingva body of paper and a lining of asbestos whose pe ripheries are bent up and stiffened by a metallic band serving to clamp them together at their peripheries, the bottom portion of the tray having projections thereon to space the tray away from a support upon which it is to be placed.

7. An ash tray comprising a body of paper having its periphery bent up into fiuted form and having a substantially continuous metallic stiffening attached to said periphery to retain it in said form. j

8. An ash tray comprising fibrous sheet material forming the bottom thereof and rhaving its edges turned up to constitute the sides of the tray and having projections on 10. .An ash tray comprising fibrous sheet material forming the bottom thereof and having its edges turned up to constitute the sides of the tray, the upper surface ot' said tray being reproof, said tray having projections on its bottom to support said bottoni above an object on which it may rest, said projections being formed by pressing out said sheet material, and said tray being so formed as to prevent relatively large lumps of burning ashes from fallinfr into said projections.

n testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand this 21st day of February, v1922.

EMMA BOWERMAN. 

